On the heels of revelations about the contents of Guitar Hero 6 comes some information about the upcoming third iteration of Rock Band. It is the first sequel to the series since Rock Band 2 in 2008. In the intervening years, the makers of the game developed mobile versions and also games themed around The Beatles and Green Day. In this new iteration, the biggest change is the addition of keyboards which will allow for a greater variety of music. The producers have also unveiled a sampling of the track listing though many more songs will be added before the release later in the year.

If they made some kind of "Keyboard Hero" with a bunch of fun 80's songs that came with a full keyboard, I'd buy it because I think that would be the only way I'd ever learn to play an instrument competently.

I would still like them to move towards having separate rhythm and lead guitar playing. Especially now that they can support a fifth instrument, and since they are making the guitar experience more "realistic"...a great way to make it more realistic would be to separate the rhythm & lead guitar tracks in a lot of the songs. It always somewhat annoys me when I have to play an almagamated version of both guitar parts, especially on the heavy metal tracks where you're playing every guitarist's solos.